Glock 19 round not fully feeding?

Question

I was shooting my glock 19 9mm and I have a new round get jammed during feeding. The spent round was fully ejected, but the next round was caught at about 45 degrees, so it never got feed into the chamber. Any guesses why this happened? This isn't the same as stove-piping is it?

Answer 1

This is not a stove pipe. A stove pipe is when a spent round is caught by the closing slide and is left sticking up in the air resembling an actual stove pipe. Thus the name. Your problem is a fresh round not chambering properly. There are two common reasons for this to happen. One is that your magazine is not completely seated into the magazine well. When you insert the magazine, give it a rap with the heel of your hand to make sure that it is completely seated. If the problem persists, the next common cause is the magazine. Usually it can be traced to the lips of the magazine or a weak magazine spring. If this is the problem, you can either replace the magazine or take it to a gunsmith and have him adjust the lips and/or replace the magazine spring. There is another unlikely cause but one worth considering if you determine that the magazine is not at fault, That is the ramp may need to be polished. Sometimes a flaw can get past the inspectors or you may have inadvertantly scratched the ramp when cleaning your gun. This is highly unlikely but someting that you may have to eliminate in determining the cause of the problem.

Answer 2

I have done my research and this has been the number one malfunction in my Glock 22. Over the summer I have been tinkering around with some gunsmithing on Glocks, and I thought that I would try to solve the problem that I was facing. Here is what I did to eliminate my FTF problems.

1. Clean and lubricate your gun properly and check it for broken parts and replace them as needed.

2. Buy premium quality ammo and stop "rechambering" it. Nightly I was rechambering my premium ammo - Speer Gold Dot 180 JHP, and after about a week, they would start to jam. Also I would buy cheap reloaded ammo for the range and my gun would jam about every 30 or so rounds. I kept the bullet, and then after about 30 of them were kept, I did an analysis of them and the SD ammo and discovered that the rounds that were getting caught most often were the bullets that were set back and the lip of the casing was getting caught against the feed-ramp. So to fix this, I now only buy new ammo for the range and I only chamber a SD round once. I still get them if the round is defect from factory, but it is much less often. As for my SD rounds, I examine any round that I put in my nightstand magazines and if there is a defect I put it in the range back to be fired that week along with my other chambered rounds.

3. Replace faulty magazines. If you are still having failure to feed issues, replace your magazines with new ones. Many times they will perform flawlessly at the range, so use them there, but only perfect mags can be counted on when your life in on the line. Put painters tape on the bottom so that you will know when ones are prone to failure and put them in the range bag.

4.. Polish your feed-ramp. If all else fails and you still are having this problem when using new ammo and new magazines, polish your feed ramp. I did using a Dremel tool and some toothpaste. I didn't notice any difference, but I can say that I think its better :).

5. Lastly, if you are having FTE issues (type 2 malfunctions) shoot heavier ammo. Since most people only shoot once or twice a year, shooting a round that is equivalent to your carry load is good practice. If you shoot often (like once a week or more) you should consider getting a weaker recoil spring for shooting 115 grain ammo (like a 14 pound spring would work nicely). Put your 18# back in when you clean your gun and put it on the nightstand at night. This would keep your main spring in good working condition for when you need it and your other spring will cycle anything that is standard pressure for fun at the range.

So... this is a lot... Yes it is. Owning a pistol and keeping it well maintained and highly functional is a big responsibility. If you are uncomfortable with this, there is another option, a Revolver.

Happy Shooting.

Answer 3

There are numerous issues that could be causing this problem. You do not say what type of ammo, but if you are using lead rounds it can often cause problems feeding by depositing shavings from previous rounds on the fees ramp thereby hanging the round on the ramp.

|Dirty ammo or failure to clean your weapon can also deposit serious fouling and residue on the ramp causing it to act this way also. A good cleaning on lubrication on the ramp might be enough to take care of it if either of these situations occurred.

My last best reasonable explanation is it you do not fully seat all rounds in the magazine when loading you can also experience the scenario you describe.When you load your magazines, always tap then hard into the palm of your hand with the rim of the cartridge side of the magazine being hit in the palm of your hand to fully seat the rounds at the point furthest back in the magazine as possible so the round is not prematurely pushed out of the magazine by the bolt and hitting the ramp at an incorrect angle.

Hope on of those helps with your problem.

Answer 4

A stove pipe is when the empty is caught between the slide and barrel, it will usually sit there and smoke, hence the term stove-pipe. You are suffering from a feed failure. Since you didn't say what type of ammo you are using, I will venture a couple of guesses. One would be the type of bullet, large cavity hollow points will sometimes catch on the feed ramp preventing it from feeding. The second would be improper slide velocity, either caused by a weak round, weak wrist, , fatigued recoil spring, or dirty weapon. The third would be the magazine improperly seated in the weapon.

For a fix, I would unload, safe, dissassemble, clean the pistol. Try the same type of ammo to see if you have a similar failure. If it still fails, try a different type of ammo. If it fails after that, it would be a good time to take it in to a smith to have it looked at.

John

Answer 5

No, stovepiping is when the empty brass is extracted from the chamber but not thrown clear of the ejection port. This is usally caused by limp wristing the gun. In rare cases it could be a broken ejector.

What kind of ammo?
The mag says 9mm right?
Has the mag been damaged?
Is the mag new or old?
Has the mag been loaded for a long time?
When is the last time you cleaned it? The gun and the mag.

I'm a glock dealer and whenever I hear of a problem with one I often trace it back to the owner not the gun. Stuff happens though and It just might be the gun. Email me and I will try to help you out.

Rich
Bullseye Marksman Gun Club
Cumming Ga.
678-965-5504

Answer 6

Sounds like you got a stovepipe which is extremely rare for a Glock. Has it done it again? Are you using Glock factory magazines or aftermarket? If you are using aftermarket switch back to authentic Glock magazines.

Try tapping the bottom of your magazine firmly with the flat of your hand after loading each five rounds. If it continues doing this contact your dealer or Glock.

Best.

H

Answer 7

Sounds like you have a bad magazine and no this is not a stove pipe. Richard is the guy you need to talk with to fix this problem.

Answer 8

Clean you gun, evaluate the quality of the ammo you are using. I would swap ammunition regardless to see if another handles differently.